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The Role Of Soybean In Fighting World Hunger

Year of publication 2004

Pages 35 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) After a brief overview of the current state of food insecurity and FAO’s strategic vision in this field, the paper describes the position of soybean in agricultural production and in food consumption at both the global and developing country level. The importance of soybean in overall agriculture and trade, its contribution to food supply and related nutritional issues are discussed. The paper then attempts to identify the key policy and market factors that actually shape the global soybean econ omy, leading into a discussion of implications for food security in developing countries. Overall, the study confirms the current and likely future importance of soybean for human nutrition at the global level. However, it also shows that determining the crop’s contribution to combating hunger in food-insecure, import-dependent developing countries is a complex task that can lead to different results depending on the country involved. The paper reveals that the discussion of food security issues using a global, single-commodity perspective faces some important limitationsAfter a brief overview of the current state of food insecurity and FAO’s strategic vision in this field, the paper describes the position of soybean in agricultural production and in food consumption at both the global and developing country level. The importance of soybean in overall agriculture and trade, its contribution to food supply and related nutritional issues are discussed. The paper then attempts to identify the key policy and market factors that actually shape the global soybean economy, leading into a discussion of implications for food security in developing countries. Overall, the study confirms the current and likely future importance of soybean for human nutrition at the global level. However, it also shows that determining the crop’s contribution to combating hunger in food-insecure, import-dependent developing countries is a complex task that can lead to different results depending on the c ountry involved. The paper reveals that the discussion of food security issues using a global, single-commodity perspective faces some important limitations

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